PORT TOWNSEND — Peter Hanke hopes to rekindle a dream he’s had for a decade — to have a passenger ferry run between Port Townsend and Seattle.
Port Townsend Chamber of Commerce General Manager Tim Caldwell says he would like to get people between the two points without generating more traffic and parking woes for Port Townsend.
Port of Port Townsend commissioners want to encourage economic development and increase business at the Boat Haven shipyard.
Chilkat Cruises and Tours of Haines, Alaska, could address all three interests through its proposal for winter weekend passenger ferry service.
Bill Fletcher, Chilkat Cruises president, outlined the idea to Port commissioners Wednesday.
For the complete story see Thursday’s Peninsula Daily News, on sale in Clallam and Jefferson counties.
